Student Initiated Capstone Project I

Catalog description

Student Initiated Capstone Project: Engaged Learning (comprehensive simulation and skills) This variable credit course may be repeated for a maximum of four credits. This course is limited to 3L students or rising 3Ls unless exceptional circumstances apply to allow 2L enrollment. The student-initiated capstone project provides students an opportunity to synthesize and apply substantive knowledge, legal analysis, skills and professionalism to a complex legal issue and receive feedback that facilitates their move to practice. Students may propose the provision of project-based legal assistance to a public, non-governmental or professional organization or another proposal that allows students an opportunity to exercise planning, project-management, problem-solving and other skills in a real-world setting, while at the same time developing the capacity for self-directed learning. Project requirements: Students must submit a written proposal for review and approval to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the semester prior to enrollment in the course setting forth the following: - A description of the project, including its purpose and potential impact on the organization on whose behalf the project is being undertaken; - An implementation work plan, including time line and progress benchmarks; - The number of students participating in the project; - A plan for faculty supervision (student must seek out and secure the participation of a faculty adviser); - Memorandum of understanding from the relevant organization (if applicable); - The specific knowledge, skills and values that would be needed to bring the project to successful completion; - Proposed deliverables, which should include a mechanism for student reflection on the capstone experience; - Proposed criteria for evaluating student performance. Examples of approved Capstone projects: SUFEO (Stand Up For Each Other) suspension advocacy project, Dialogue De Novo a Loyola Law community and legal interview podcast, and Legislative Advocacy Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community project.